The Comision Ejecutiva para la Reforma del Sector Salud, a government commission in charge of health matters, announced the success of its meetings with the Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, the private business council, that seek agreements that would lead to the passing of the Social Security Bill. The bill suffered major modifications demanded by the Dominican Medical Association and approved by the Commission. After the negotiations took place, El Caribe newspaper reports there is only one obstacle to the reaching of a consensus of businessmen and the Medical Association. This is regarding to Article 28 of the bill on the payment of commissions on transactions to the Patronato de Recaudo e Informatica de la Seguridad Social. The businessmen feel it would be fair that commissions be paid depending on number of transactions. This would require that the Seguro Nacional de Salud, the insurance plan that would cover government employees and low income members of society and that was promoted by the Medical Association, to make the biggest contribution to the new organization.
